How to buy Solana (SOL)

Solana currently trades at $147.61 after experiencing mixed price action across multiple timeframes. The cryptocurrency has declined 1.4% in the past 24 hours and suffered a 10% loss over the past two weeks.

A power shift is underway in Solana’s hyperactive memecoin market. For the first time since early 2024, Pump.fun—once the undisputed king of meme launches—has been dethroned. Rising star LetsBonkFun, backed by the BONK community, has surged past Pump.fun across multiple metrics: token launches, platform revenue, and market share. With over 19,000 tokens launched in 24 hours and a growing share of ecosystem value, the platform is no longer just a competitor—it’s a credible contender to lead Solana’s next meme-coin cycle.

Austin Federa, a strategist at the Solana Foundation, recently offered insights into Solana’s future on a video shared by .

The Solana Foundation’s Q2 2025 Network Health Report reveals record-breaking growth in application revenue, validator earnings, and decentralization metrics. This strong fundamental performance, however, contrasts sharply with the recent price action of the native SOL token, which has declined more than 20% over the past 30 days.

The debate between top blockchains Solana and Ethereum over their decentralization capacities intensified with Anza’s Lead Economist, Max Resnick, claiming that Solana’s decentralization is incomparable to other blockchains, including Ethereum.

Gorbagana (GOR), a new token in the Solana ecosystem, has quickly carved out a dominant position in the market’s attention. According to recent data from Messari, GOR has captured over 7% of the ecosystem’s total mindshare in the past week, ranking second among all Solana-based projects and sparking serious interest from both retail and institutional investors.